Gerold, Count of Vinzgau I

Male 710 - 784  (74 years)


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  • Name Gerold , Count of Vinzgau I  [1, 2
    Suffix Count of Vinzgau I 
    Born 710  North Rhine-Westphalia, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Died Between 784 and 795  [2
    Notes 
    • Gerold of Vinzgau (also Vintzgouw or Anglachgau; d. 784/786 or 795) was a count in Kraichgau and Anglachgau. His daughter married King Charlemagne in 771. In 784 generous donations to the monastery of Lorsch by Gerold and Emma are recorded.

      Marriage and issue

      He married by 758 to Emma (d. 789 or 798 or after 784), daughter of Hnabi, Duke of Alamannia. They had the following:

      Gerold
      Udalrich
      Hildegard, born in 758, married King Charlemagne in 771.
      probably Adrian, Count of Orléans, father of Odo I, Count of Orléans
      Eric of Friuli (?), not listed on the site of the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy

      Through Udalrich, Gerold is reckoned as the founder of the family of the Udalrichings.
    Person ID I443  Bosdet Genealogy
    Last Modified 16 May 2013 

    Family Imma of Swabia 
    Married Abt 758  [2
    Children 
     1. Hildegard of Vinzgau,   b. Abt 757, North Rhine-Westphalia, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Apr 783, Thionville, Eure-et-Loir, Centre, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 26 years)
    Family ID F140  Group Sheet

  • Sources 
    1. [S160] Richard Glanville-Brown, (Location: 2, Milton, Ontario, Canada;).

    2. [S174] Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerold_of_Vinzgouw.